diff --git a/libpkgconf/meson.build b/libpkgconf/meson.build
index 64db65a..5c393b0 100644
--- a/libpkgconf/meson.build
+++ b/libpkgconf/meson.build
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ install_headers('libpkgconf.h',
   'iter.h',
   'bsdstubs.h',
   'libpkgconf-api.h',
-  subdir : 'libpkgconf')
+  subdir : 'pkgconf/libpkgconf')
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bf5904f..d5697e0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ cdata.set('abs_top_builddir', meson.build_root())
 
 subdir('libpkgconf')
 
-libpkgconf = shared_library('pkgconf',
+libpkgconf = library('pkgconf',
   'libpkgconf/argvsplit.c',
   'libpkgconf/audit.c',
   'libpkgconf/bsdstubs.c',
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ libpkgconf = shared_library('pkgconf',
   soversion : '3',
 )
 
+pkg = import('pkgconfig')
+pkg.generate(libpkgconf,
+  name : 'libpkgconf',
+  description : 'a library for accessing and manipulating development framework configuration',
+  url: 'http://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf',
+  filebase : 'libpkgconf',
+  subdirs: ['pkgconf'],
+)
 
 pkgconf_exe = executable('pkgconf',
   'cli/main.c',
@@ -89,3 +97,5 @@ install_man('man/pkg.m4.7')
 install_man('man/pc.5')
 install_man('man/pkgconf-personality.5')
 install_data('pkg.m4', install_dir: 'share/aclocal')
+install_data('AUTHORS', install_dir: 'share/doc/pkgconf')
+install_data('README.md', install_dir: 'share/doc/pkgconf')
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